"Alvin Stardust Bernard William Jewry (27 September 1942 – 23 October 2014), known professionally as Shane Fenton and later as Alvin Stardust, was an English rock singer and stage actor. Performing first as Shane Fenton in the 1960s, Jewry had a moderately successful career in the pre-Beatles era, hitting the UK top 40 with four singles in 1961–62. However, he became better known for singles released in the 1970s and 1980s as Alvin Stardust, a character he began in the glam rock era, with hits including the UK Singles Chart-topper ""Jealous Mind"", as well as later hits such as ""Pretend"""
"that if this act was to become more than just a one hit wonder, then a 'face' was required to be, and perform as Alvin Stardust. Shane Fenton was chosen to fill the role and appeared on ""Top of the Pops"" the same week the record entered the Top 30 in November 1973. Shelley then followed up writing and producing a string of hits for Stardust. As a performer in his own right Shelley had hits with ""Gee Baby"" and ""Love Me Love My Dog"". By 1975, Magnet had become one of the UK's most successful independent record labels under"
"Shane Fenton and the Fentones Shane Fenton and the Fentones were an English group fronted by Shane Fenton. There were actually two Shane Fentons. But, when tragedy struck, the first Shane Fenton aka Johnny Theakston was replaced by Bernard Jewry who assumed the Shane Fenton identity. They had four top hits with Jewry as their lead singer. The history of the group goes back further than Jewry's joining the group. Jewry would later find fame as Alvin Stardust. The original lead singer of the group was Johnny Theakston who was born in 1944. When Theakston was a child, he contracted"
"Shane Fenton and the Fentones Shane Fenton and the Fentones were an English group fronted by Shane Fenton. There were actually two Shane Fentons. But, when tragedy struck, the first Shane Fenton aka Johnny Theakston was replaced by Bernard Jewry who assumed the Shane Fenton identity. They had four top hits with Jewry as their lead singer. The history of the group goes back further than Jewry's joining the group. Jewry would later find fame as Alvin Stardust. The original lead singer of the group was Johnny Theakston who was born in 1944. When Theakston was a child, he contracted"
"following week. As he had no desire to become his own stage name creation, he and Levy both agreed that if this act were to become more than just a one-hit wonder, then a ""face"" was required to be, and perform as, Alvin Stardust. The ideal person appeared, Shane Fenton. The new ""Stardust"" then appeared on BBC Television's ""Top of the Pops"" just as the record had entered the UK Top 30, before finally reaching number 2. Shelley then followed up with a string of hits for Stardust, including ""Jealous Mind"", which went to number 1 in the UK in"
"A&R and Levy's as president/general manager/administrator. Shelley wrote, produced and sang on Magnet's first release, Alvin Stardust's ""My Coo Ca Choo"", which reached No. 2 in the UK Singles Chart and No. 1 in many other countries including Australia where it became the biggest chart seller of 1974, staying at the top slot for seven weeks. Having earlier appeared as the original Alvin Stardust on the TV show ""Lift Off with Ayshea"", Shelley was surprised when the record went straight into the chart the following week. However, as he had no desire to become his creation, he and Levy agreed"
"Allen Glick's Rolls Royce. In November 1969, Parvin-Dohrmann Corporation purchased the Stardust for an undisclosed amount. The resort was bought by Argent Corporation in 1974 using loans from the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Central States Pension Fund. Argent was owned by Allen Glick, but the casino was believed to be controlled by various organized crime families from the Midwest. Al Sachs served as president of the Stardust in the early 1970s before leaving in 1974 after disagreeing with Glick and Rosenthal. Sachs was succeeded by Herb Tobman. In the 1970s Argent Corporation had siphoned off between $7 and $15 million"
"in his second film, ""Untamed Youth"". His first hit for the label was John D. Loudermilk's ""Sittin' in the Balcony"" in 1957, then came ""Summertime Blues"" and ""C'mon Everybody"". The label was also home to R&B veterans Billy Ward and His Dominoes after Jackie Wilson quit, replacing him with ex-Lark Eugene Mumford. They hit with Hoagy Carmichael's 1927 song, ""Stardust"" – already recorded by many artists – which rode the pop chart for 24 weeks and got to number 13 in the Hot 100. The track also reached number 13 in the UK Singles Chart in October 1957. It was"
"published the song as an upbeat piano solo in January 1929 and renamed it ""Stardust."" (Mills Music republished the song with the addition of Mitchell Parish's lyrics in May 1929.) ""Stardust"" attracted little attention until 1930, when Isham Jones and his orchestra recorded it as a sentimental ballad with a slower tempo, the re-timing often credited to the band's arranger, Victor Young. It became a hit song, the first of many for Carmichael. Its idiosyncratic melody in medium tempo–a song about a song–later became an American standard, recorded by hundreds of artists, including Artie Shaw, Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald,"
"was made to further develop Robotman both as a comic strip and music driven, licensed property. The comic strip Robotman was an immediate success, followed by an appearance in the Macy's Day Parade in 1985 and a one-hour, ""Robotman and Friends"" Network TV special, featuring Shelley's songs. His son, John Southworth, is a Canadian pop singer-songwriter. Peter Shelley Peter Shelley is a British 1970s pop singer and songwriter who had UK hits with ""Gee Baby"" and ""Love Me Love My Dog"". He also originated the persona of Alvin Stardust. Shelley entered the UK music industry in 1965, working initially as"
"As an undergraduate, he started working as a conjuror, performing the traditional skills of close-up magic in bars and restaurants. In 1992, he started performing stage shows at the University of Bristol under the stage name Darren V. Brown; the ""V"" stood for ""Victor"". Brown cites magician and comedian Jerry Sadowitz, whom he met at the International Magic shop in Clerkenwell, London, as being instrumental in his rise to stardom. Sadowitz put him in touch with H&R publishers and Objective Productions, a production company founded by television magician Andrew O'Connor. This gave him his breakthrough show, ""Mind Control"" (2000), and"
"the 1970s ""Oh Boy!"" show. Alvin Stardust first emerged on the 1950s scene as Shane Fenton and the Fentones. The presenter of the show was ""GBH"", alias Scottish actor Billy Hartman. Following the ""Oh Boy"" TV show, a similar series, ""Let's Rock"", was created also by Good. The shows were broadcast across Europe and in the US in the early 1980s. Jack Good's Oh Boy! is a live album made up of tracks by various artists featured on the Oh Boy! TV series. The artists include Cliff Richard, the John Barry Seven, the Dallas Boys, Vince Eager, Cuddly Dudley, Neville"
"Stardust Productions in 1982. In 1985, Pidgeon moved from Memphis to Santa Barbara, California and began writing for the Santa Barbara News and Review, under Editor in Chief Marianne Partridge; the first female managing editor of ""Rolling Stone Magazine"" and the first female Editor in Chief of the ""Village Voice."" At the News and Review Pidgeon created the music column ""Positively State Street."" When the News and Review became the Santa Barbara Independent Pidgeon followed with his column. Though Pidgeon stopped writing the column full-time in 1989, ""Positively State Street"" is now in its 21st year of publication. In 1993,"
"backup for Evelyn Knight's hit, ""A Little Bird Told Me"", Decca Records, which became the subject of a landmark court case over covering. Also † When Hutton left The Stardusters in 1944, Spivak brought in Gene Krupa's vocalist, Irene Daye, whom he later married. Stardusters The Stardusters were American jazz vocalists. The Stardusters were founded as a male trio in the mid 1930s. Glen Galyon, Curt Purnell, and Dick Wylder had already established themselves in 1936 as the Stardusters, and in 1939, were featured on NBC radio: ""The Vitalis Show, featuring George Jessel and his Celebrated Guests."" They were also"
"few plaques in the country devoted to fictional characters. Widely considered to be Bowie's breakthrough album, ""Ziggy Stardust"" was released on 16 June 1972 in the UK. An ambiguity surrounding Bowie's sexuality (even after Bowie declared himself as gay) and a performance of ""Starman"" on ""Top of the Pops"" brought public attention to the album. Indeed, the ""Top of the Pops"" performance helped to solidify Bowie as a controversial pop icon. In a 2010 interview in ""Rolling Stone"", Bono said, ""The first time I saw him was singing 'Starman' on television. It was like a creature falling from the sky."
"he re-emerged in 1972 during the glam rock era with his flamboyant and androgynous alter ego Ziggy Stardust. The character was spearheaded by the success of his single ""Starman"" and album ""The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars"", which won him widespread popularity. In 1975, Bowie's style shifted radically towards a sound he characterised as ""plastic soul"", initially alienating many of his UK devotees but garnering him his first major US crossover success with the number-one single ""Fame"" and the album ""Young Americans"". In 1976, Bowie starred in the cult film ""The Man Who Fell"
"Stardust (2007 film) Stardust is a 2007 romantic adventure fantasy film directed by Matthew Vaughn and co-written by Vaughn and Jane Goldman. Based on Neil Gaiman’s 1999 novel of the same name, the film features an ensemble cast led by Claire Danes, Charlie Cox, Sienna Miller, Jason Flemyng, Mark Strong, Rupert Everett, Ricky Gervais, Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Peter O’Toole, with narration by Ian McKellen. The film follows Tristan, a young man from the fictional town of Wall in Great Britain. Wall is a town on the border of the magical fantasy kingdom of Stormhold. Tristan enters the"
"Legendary Stardust Cowboy Norman Carl Odam (born September 5, 1947, in Lubbock, Texas), known professionally as the Legendary Stardust Cowboy, is an outsider performer who is considered one of the pioneers of the genre that came to be known as psychobilly in the 1960s. Odam was interested in space travel from early childhood, recalling that at kindergarten age he ""used to look at the moon and [tell himself] that some day man will go to the moon."" As a teenager he combined his interests in outer space and the American west to create the name ""Stardust Cowboy,"" adding the word"
"the addition of the 9-story Stardust Tower that replaced half of the bungalow rooms. In 1960, the resort added a new screen surface to its drive-in theatre. The same year, the Aku Aku Polynesian Restaurant was opened, complete with a Tiki Bar, and a large stone Tiki head marking the entrance from the outside. By 1961, Stardust's management included Credit Manager Hyman Goldbaum, a career criminal with seven known aliases, fourteen criminal convictions including an assault conviction, and a three-year prison sentence for income tax evasion. Casino Manager and 5% owner Johnny Drew, was a veteran associate of Al Capone"
"Ted Ostrem, Dave Rafferty, Patty Pratt, Larry Carolla, Ron Baxley and Bud Buschardt. The name ""Stardust"" was taken from a 1927 song called ""Stardust"" composed by Hoagy Carmichael and performed by Mitchell Parish. For most of its history Stardust was an adult standards format, focusing on the big band era in its early years and evolving over the years to include more oldies and adult contemporary music. The format was called ""Unforgettable Favorites"" on the air for a while until ABC's Memories, another satellite format from the same company, began using the term. Stardust became ""Timeless Classics"" and continued to"
"Sevendust Sevendust is an American alternative metal band from Atlanta, Georgia, formed in 1994 by bassist Vince Hornsby, drummer Morgan Rose and guitarist John Connolly. After their first demo, lead vocalist Lajon Witherspoon and guitarist Clint Lowery joined the group. Following a few name changes, the members settled on the name Sevendust and released their self-titled debut album on April 15, 1997. They have attained success with three consecutive RIAA gold certified albums, a Grammy nomination, and have sold millions of albums worldwide. The self-titled album sold 311 copies in its first week. However, through touring and TVT support, the"
"the Stardust sign's Googie lettering was replaced with a subdued Futura typeface. The resort was conceived and built by Tony Cornero, who died in 1955 before construction was completed. The resort's assets were acquired and completed by John Factor (aka Jake the Barber), half-brother of cosmetics seller Max Factor, Sr.. John Factor leased the casino out to a company controlled by Moe Dalitz. When the hotel opened, it had the largest casino and swimming pool in Nevada, and the largest hotel in the Las Vegas area. The Royal Nevada was the previous hotel on part of the Stardust site. The"
"recording his version of ""Space Oddity"". Bowie himself said that the term ""stardust"" in ""Ziggy Stardust"" is taken from The Legendary Stardust Cowboy. On a live online chatroom in his own ISP, BowieNet, Bowie was asked where he had discovered the Legendary Stardust Cowboy, to which he replied: ""When I first joined Mercury Records in the late 60s, he was one of the only other artists they had. And they gave me his entire catalogue, which at the time was three singles. I immediately fell in love with his music. Well actually, the IDEA of his music. As the music"
"until 1970, the hotel operated the Stardust International Raceway in Spring Valley. The track drew the Can-Am and USAC Championship Car series, including drivers such as Mario Andretti, Dan Gurney, Bruce McLaren, Mark Donohue, and Jackie Stewart. In 1966, Howard Hughes attempted to buy the Stardust for $30.5 million, but was thwarted by government officials on the grounds that his acquisition of any more gambling resorts might violate the Sherman Antitrust Act. Siegfried & Roy got their Strip start as headliners at the Stardust in the late 1960s with the help of mob associate Frank Rosenthal after he gave them"
"Angels in Stardust Angels in Stardust is an American coming-of-age comedy-drama film written and directed by William Robert Carey and starring Alicia Silverstone, Billy Burke, Michael Spears, and AJ Michalka. The film is Carey's directorial debut, and is based on the novel ""Jesus in Cowboy Boots"", which Carey also wrote. It was released in theaters and on video on demand on February 21, 2014. The film centers around a small-town girl (Michalka) living in a Texas community built on an abandoned drive-in movie lot, who turns to an imaginary friend, The Cowboy (Burke), for solace from her self-absorbed mother (Silverstone)"
"as Zowie for the next 12 years—after the Greek word ""zoe"", life.) Elsewhere, the album explored more serious subjects, and found Bowie paying unusually direct homage to his influences with ""Song for Bob Dylan"", ""Andy Warhol"", and ""Queen Bitch"", a Velvet Underground pastiche. It was not a significant commercial success at the time. Dressed in a striking costume, his hair dyed reddish-brown, Bowie launched his Ziggy Stardust stage show with the Spiders from Mars—Ronson, Bolder, and Woodmansey—at the Toby Jug pub in Tolworth on 10 February 1972. The show was hugely popular, catapulting him to stardom as he toured the"
"Ross Bagdasarian Sr. Rostom ""Ross"" Sipan Bagdasarian (January 27, 1919 – January 16, 1972), better known by the stage name David Seville, was an American singer-songwriter and actor, best known for creating the novelty musical group The Chipmunks (now better known as ""Alvin and the Chipmunks""). Initially a stage and film actor, he rose to prominence in 1958 with the songs ""Witch Doctor"" and ""The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)"", which both became ""Billboard"" number-one singles. He produced and directed ""The Alvin Show"", which aired on CBS in 1961–62. Rostom Sipan Bagdasarian was born in Fresno, California to Armenian"
"a minor star, David Bowie developed his Ziggy Stardust persona, incorporating elements of professional make up, mime and performance into his act. These performers were soon followed in the style by acts including Roxy Music, Sweet, Slade, Mott the Hoople, Mud and Alvin Stardust. While highly successful in the single charts in the UK, very few of these musicians were able to make a serious impact in the United States; Bowie was the major exception becoming an international superstar and prompting the adoption of glam styles among acts like Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, New York Dolls and Jobriath, often known"
"a professional game streamer. According to Post, he chose ""Post Malone"" as his stage name when he was 14 or 15. The name was rumored to be a reference to the professional basketball player Karl Malone, but Post later explained that while ""Post"" is his last name, he used a ""rap name generator"" to get ""Malone"". After moving to LA, Post, Probst, and several other producers and artists formed the music group BLCKVRD and recorded music together. Several members of the group, including Post, moved into a house in San Fernando Valley together. While living in San Fernando Valley, Austin"
"and was once fined for running a crooked dice game at an Elks convention, and general manager Morris Kleinman had served three years for tax evasion. In 1964, with the addition of the nine-story tower (later called the East Tower), the room count increased to 1,470. For the next five years The Stardust was the leader in rooms until 1969 when The International opened. In 1964 the landmark façade was updated, expanding out into the parking lot by the highway. The new façade raised the Stardust's name, still in electra-jag letters, onto a pole above the exploding universe. From 1965"
"for casinos, as the Royal Nevada and three other casinos that opened that year (the Riviera, the Dunes, and the Moulin Rouge) all went bankrupt. While this resort seemed to ""disappear completely"", swallowed in 1958 by the Stardust and becoming the Stardust's Convention Center, portions of the two-story bungalow style Royal Nevada wing and pool remained in use up until 2006. The Stardust opened at noon on July 3, 1958. The attendees of the opening included governors, senators, city and county officials and Hollywood celebrities, and the opening festivities were marked with fireworks and promised ""a very unique 'ribbon cutting'"
"Stardust down the road. Jaffe had to sell his interest in the Fontainebleau to complete the project, which finally opened in April 1957. Jaffe first leased the property to his associate, Phil Kastel. The Gaming Control Board raised suspicions over Kastel's links to organized crime, which were confirmed in May when a note bearing a Tropicana earnings figure was found in the possession of mobster Frank Costello. Jaffe next turned to J. Kell Housells, owner of the Las Vegas Club. By 1959, Housells bought out Jaffe's interest, gaining a majority share in the Tropicana. On 10 September 1957, the University"
"Stardust Revue , often called as or abbreviated to SDR, is a Japanese popular musical band formed in the late 1970s. Four amateur musicians of Kaname Nemoto, Kiyoshi Kakinuma, Masami Terada and Toshikatsu ""VOH"" Hayashi, from Saitama Prefecture, first formed the band called in 1979, to participate in the Yamaha Popular Song Contest, where they won the Best Song Award with a song of the '. Since 1981, they've renamed the group as the present , because they desire to show various musical characteristics represented by a jazz standard song ""Stardust"" and ones of themselves in Revue-style performance. Its earliest"